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   In 1942, undergraduates and special students were building sound bodies to go with sound minds.HARVARD UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES |
Mrs. George D. Widener of Philadelphia will pay for a new, fireproof library in Harvard Yard in memory of her late son. As the price of progress, 72-year-old Gore Hall will be torn down to make room for the new building.
Harvard Athletic Association members Fred W. Moore '93 and Frank S. Knapp purchase the capital stock for Leavitt & Pierce Inc., the Cambridge smoke shop and billiard parlor which for 39 years has been "the unofficial 'headquarters for Harvard men.'" The store will continue to allow football and baseball players free use of the pool tables during their respective seasons, and freshmen still won't be allowed to play billiards, by order of the upperclass clientele.
The observance of Class Day is moved out of the Yard to the quadrangle formed by newly built Kirkland, Eliot, and Winthrop because "the heart of the College is, as it should be, in the Houses."
The Bulletin's editors are delighted to report that Laurence Foster's The Function of a Graduate School in a Democratic Society ranks Harvard first in the nation, with Yale fourth, Cornell seventh, and Princeton eighth.
In order to prepare undergraduates "for a life in the armed forces," the number of mandatory weekly athletic periods is raised from two to four, and students engaging in interhouse sports must do a calisthenic workout prior to play. According to the Bulletin, there are few objections because students recognize the importance of military preparation.
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania sign an intercollegiate agreement that officially proclaims them the "Ivy League." Undergraduate admissions for athletes, football eligibility, and allowable scholarships are among the features standardized by the eight schools.
The School of Public Health establishes the Guggenheim Center for Aerospace Health and Safety. In line with President Kennedy's man-on-the-moon challenge, the center plans to examine "man's physiological and psychological ability to perform the desired missions."
A group of Harvard scholars with "widely different views about foreign and military policy and especially about the war in Vietnam" offers some unanimous recommendations to improve the American draft system. The suggestions include "higher pay for draftees and enlistees, abolition of special deferments for students and teachers, and a lottery to determine 'who should serve when not all serve.'"